Helen Korngold Diary: July 28-August 3, 1919

This year I am sharing the 1919 diary of Helen Korngold of St. Louis, MO.

Helen Korngold, Dec. 1919, New York City

After graduating from Washington University and taking a trip to Colorado, Helen's life has become quiet.

July
Monday 28
Helped. Aunt Lena  & Pauline’s in evening.

Tuesday 29
Home

Wednesday 30
Nothing exciting. Ida came over.

Thursday 31
Same as above.

August
Friday 1
Cleaned up.

Saturday 2
Fooled around. Went to show in evening with Pauline & Cari. Saw Tom Ray in A Little Sport. Very good.

Sunday 3
Fooled around. Aunt B. in evening.

Notes:

July 28

Aunt Lena Frey (1877-1966) married Leon Privar who was an insurance underwriter on the 1920 St. Louis Census. They had children Zelda, Dorothy, Charles, Rachel, David and Esther.

July 30

Ida is perhaps Ida Goldman who is mentioned May 1.

Aug 2

Pauline is likely Pauline Sarason from Helen's senior class at WU.

Movie ad St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 1919

I didn't find a Tom Ray or the movie A Little Sport. On June  29, 1919, Fox released a movie Be a Little Sport with Eleanor Fair and Albert Ray. Ray plays a salesman in love with a chorus girl.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 17, 1919

The father of Oscar Hammerstein who wrote musicals died on August 2, 1919. He tried to keep his son Oscar away from the theater but happily failed.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 3, 1919